1 GENERAL INDEX. 



Louisiana Heron^ (A. Ludoviciana) 



vol. 



viii 



PAGE 



13 



Night H., or Qua-bird, {A, nycticorax) 



vii 



101 



Snowy H. {A, candidissimd) 



vii 



120 



Whooping Crane, {A, Americana) 



viii 



20 



Yellow-crowned Heron, {A, violacea) 



viii 



26 



IBIS. 



Bill long, subulate, roundish, subarched ; face na- 

 ked; tongue short, broad; jugular pouch naked; nostrils 

 oval; feet four toed, palmate at the base. 



Scarlet Ibis, {Tantalus ruber) . . . viii 41 



White Ibis, (T, albus) ..... viii 43 



Wood Ibis, (T. loculator) . . . . viii 39 



CURLEW. 



Bill long, incurvated, and terminated in a blunt 

 point; nostrils linear, longitudinal near the base; tongue 

 short, sharp-pointed; toes connected as far as the first 

 joint by a membrane. 



Long-billed Curlew, {Numenius longirostra) . viii 23 



SNIPES. 



Bill roundish, slender, obtuse; nostrils linear, lodged 

 in a furrow; tongue pointed, slender; feet four toed, hind 

 toe small. 



Esquimaux Curlew, (Scolopax borealis) . . vii 22 

 Great Marbled Godwit (/^ma/^j, (i^./^^/oa) . . vii 30 

 Red-breasted Snipe, {S. noveboracensis) . . vii 45 

 Semipalmated S. {S, semipalmata) . . .vii 27 



Snipe, or English S. {S. gallinago) . . . vi 18 



